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A photograph of a metalworking workshop floor with two workers. In the foreground, a person with curly dark hair and a black wristband crouches and holds a thin metal rod over a shallow round metal dish. Beside them, a second worker in a white-and-grey sleeved garment reaches in from the right, holding a tool over a wooden block with scattered metal pieces, discs and cut sheet metal around it. A long thin saw blade lies diagonally across the dirt floor, and tangled reddish and black wire or metal scraps sit at the upper left. The setting is a rough earthen floor with bare feet and sandals visible at the edges.

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Close-up photograph of two workers' hands at an outdoor forge. One hand, wearing a braided black cord bracelet, grips a pair of long iron tongs holding a glowing metal rod over a bed of dark charcoal and scattered gravel. The other hand holds a round-headed iron tool and a wooden-handled hammer rests among metal bars and tools on the ground. No faces are visible and no a person appearance is shown.2006-12-19An older woman in a white t-shirt and brown wrap sits cross-legged on a dirt floor in a dim workshop, working on a small copper-coloured metal object with fine wires and pliers. Around her lie hammers, tongs, a metal pot of liquid, clay vessels, copper pieces of deity and vahana forms, a plate-like copper piece, and loose wire. A bare-footed worker stands behind her near a stone block. No a person candidate is visible. +1 copiesMaking Of Sacred Arts UniversityOutdoor photograph of two men working at a small clay forge beside a bamboo lattice fence on bare dirt ground. The man on the left, wearing a white shirt and a cloth wrap, crouches and holds a metal rod with tongs over a flat stone. The man on the right, in a checked shirt, strikes a metal bar with a hammer while seated. Glowing coals sit in the forge opening, and short iron rods lie scattered on the ground. A bucket of charcoal sits at the left edge. The scene shows metalworking in progress.2006-12-19A photograph of metalworking at night on a concrete ground: several crucibles sit on a ring of charcoal lumps, with orange flames and smoke rising from them. Molten copper-coloured metal and scrap pieces glow inside the pots. Two men crouch beside them, one in a blue-and-green checked shirt and one in a blue patterned shirt with a lungi-style wrap, with a third bare-legged person standing behind. No visible deity, throne or ritual setting; the scene shows casting work of metal for the sacred arts project.A photograph of a metal casting workshop at an outdoor earthen site. A crucible glowing red-orange with molten metal sits on a clay and brick furnace, gripped by long tongs. Several workers stand around it, including a man in a blue-and-white checked lungi, and others hold open burlap sacks that frame the scene. Dirt ground, scattered charcoal and a metal rod support structure surround the furnace. Bare-footed workers and loose plaid cloth dominate the background. Visible people are workers only; no ceremony or a person candidate is present.Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityOutdoor metalworking scene on bare earth beneath trees and a concrete wall. A worker in a green and white checked shirt and grey shorts with orange stripes, barefoot, stands at a open fire pit, holding a long iron rod toward glowing flames. Scattered metal castings, bolts and scrap lie on the ground and a white cloth, with a second fire burning at right and a pile of reddish material beside it. The worker is the only person visible.Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityMaking Of Sacred Arts UniversityAugust 24 20142014-08-24Close photo of a craftsman's hands working at a clay forge, using long metal tongs to hold an iron piece in a bright orange fire rising from a mound of packed earth. A red thread is tied around the wrist of the worker, whose forearm and bare legs are visible at the left edge. Ash and charcoal dust cover the earth around the hearth, and a bamboo lattice and a blue tarpaulin appear behind.2006-12-12